Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
I really need a lot of help with this prompt. I've got an idea as what I want to portray as the world I come from, but I'm having a hard time tying it to my dreams and aspirations because frankly, I don't have any. So trying to tie my world to something I don't really have is a bit tough for me.. This is a pure rough draft, I'm sure I'm gonna change almost all of it so please be brutal. I just have the main points I want to include so far and I don't know how long my second essay is going to be so I might have to expand this.
In some ways, you could say that I shouldn't have achieved all the accomplishments I have. My parents were two very different people, and when they divorced they became even more different. Never concerned with me, my dad always chastised me for all the academic things. I needed an A plus not an A minus. I needed to join all the volunteer services and join all the honor classes no matter what the toll on me was. All he was concerned with was what my transcript looked like, not with who I was.
On the other hand, as long as I seemed to be doing well, while I was with mom I was allowed to do anything I wanted. I had no visible boundaries to who I could be. I could've taken this to do all the things that could ruin my life, but I didn't. I didn't get into drugs. I didn't associate myself with the wrong people. Instead, I used both of my parents values to explore the endless opportunities I had on the other side.
I was able to run free and find exactly the person I wanted to be. In the process, I became part of a rock band, I found my niche mathematics, and along the way I associated myself with people that would support me. With my newfound forte's I began to embark on an endless journey - to go as far as I can in this world. I was extremely creative, but at the same time I was extremely logical. Instead of choosing one, I fused both and going from there became what I am going to forever pursue.
Any help is appreciated, thank you all!
I really need a lot of help with this prompt. I've got an idea as what I want to portray as the world I come from, but I'm having a hard time tying it to my dreams and aspirations because frankly, I don't have any. So trying to tie my world to something I don't really have is a bit tough for me.. This is a pure rough draft, I'm sure I'm gonna change almost all of it so please be brutal. I just have the main points I want to include so far and I don't know how long my second essay is going to be so I might have to expand this.
In some ways, you could say that I shouldn't have achieved all the accomplishments I have. My parents were two very different people, and when they divorced they became even more different. Never concerned with me, my dad always chastised me for all the academic things. I needed an A plus not an A minus. I needed to join all the volunteer services and join all the honor classes no matter what the toll on me was. All he was concerned with was what my transcript looked like, not with who I was.
On the other hand, as long as I seemed to be doing well, while I was with mom I was allowed to do anything I wanted. I had no visible boundaries to who I could be. I could've taken this to do all the things that could ruin my life, but I didn't. I didn't get into drugs. I didn't associate myself with the wrong people. Instead, I used both of my parents values to explore the endless opportunities I had on the other side.
I was able to run free and find exactly the person I wanted to be. In the process, I became part of a rock band, I found my niche mathematics, and along the way I associated myself with people that would support me. With my newfound forte's I began to embark on an endless journey - to go as far as I can in this world. I was extremely creative, but at the same time I was extremely logical. Instead of choosing one, I fused both and going from there became what I am going to forever pursue.
Any help is appreciated, thank you all!